You can't go back in time and undo meeting your then-partner, because then your kids wouldn't exist

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[–] 6 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Couldn't you just go back in time and correct the stuff that wrecked the marriage in the first place? Or surely at least navigate to a more amicable divorce?

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  • [–] 8 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    Couldn’t you just go back in time and correct the stuff that wrecked the marriage in the first place?

    oh yeah, "just fix them" that's easy.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    I read it as correcting their own bad actions.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 weeks ago*

    That's a good point actually, the divorce process is all high emotions and accusations in the heat of it, but doing it with a clear rational head that comes only with time would help with the regrets

    Someone should invent a time machine service that transports your future self back in time to the divorce proceedings, whilst present you goes into stasis until the whole thing blows over

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    I mean, every single time travel story ever has contradictions like that. One of the most famous is "Back to the Future", which when you think about the details of how time travel supposedly works, makes no sense at all.

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